Welch Company
San Francisco, CA


S U M M A R Y


DIARY: November 28, 1995 10:00 AM Tuesday; Rod Welch

Dental exam and cleaning from Steve Olsen.

1...Summary/Objective
2...Cleaning & Examination


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CONTACTS 
0201 - Steven K. Olsen, DDS.
020101 - Dr. Steven K. Olsen
0202 - Steven K. Olsen, DDS.
020201 - Mr. Russel Harris, R.N.A.; Dentists

SUBJECTS
Cleaning
Gum Problem, Pockets

0504 -
0504 -    ..
0505 - Summary/Objective
0506 -
050601 - Follow up
050602 -
050603 - Follow up ref SDS 3 0000, ref SDS 2 0000.
050604 -
050605 - See also report of periodontist, ref SDS 5 8377.
050607 -  ..
050608 - Teeth seem to be okay.
050609 -
050611 -  ..
0507 -
0508 -
0509 - Progress
0511 -    ..
051101 - Frayed filling reported on 941028, ref SDS 1 6206, was not mentioned
051102 - again on this visit, similar to the prior examination on 950518.
051103 - ref SDS 3 2B70
051104 -
051105 -     [On 960604 1000 follow up examination continues to report no
051106 -     further problems with frayed tooth. ref SDS 6 TI7J
051108 -      ..
051109 -     [On 961210 1000 review xrays taken on 960604 shows no increase in
051110 -     dental problems compared to xrays on 950518. ref SDS 7 7391
051112 -      ..
051113 -     [On 970617 1000 tooth #31 was identified on the lower right
051114 -     side as needing crown replaced. ref SDS 8 4503
051115 -
051116 -
051117 -
051118 -
051120 -  ..
051121 - Cleaning & Examination
051122 -
051123 - Gum Swelling reported during examination on 950518. ref SDS 3 0065
051124 -
051125 -     •  #6 was inflamed with soft buildup.
051126 -
051127 -        This was not cited again as a problem.
051129 -         ..
051130 -     •  Lower anterior teeth, gums are slightly inflamed.
051131 -
051132 -        There was some build-up again which was removed during cleaning
051133 -        today.  Cliff suggested better brushing can improve it.
051135 -         ..
051136 -     •  Several teeth seem to have worn away, but during examination on
051137 -        950605 looked better. ref SDS 4 7420
051139 -         ..
051140 -        There was no discussion of this problem today.
051142 -  ..
051143 - Steve did the cleaning after Russ did the polishing, which seems
051144 - backwards.  Steve used new technology called an "ultrasonic scaler"
051145 - for the cleaning instrument.  It hurt quite a bit on several teeth.
051146 - He finally went back to a hand held tool for the lower front teeth.
051147 - Then he finished with the ultrasonic scaler tool again.  It is faster
051148 - but causes a great deal more pain, because the degree of impact is
051149 - constant, whereas a dentist can manually apply less pressure with the
051150 - hand held unit.
051151 -
051152 -            [On 050518 1100 ultrsonic cleaning again very painful,
051153 -            ref SDS 9 FB6L; for deep cleaning tried novocaine injection
051154 -            for numbing agent, which prevented pain using ultrasonic
051155 -            scaler; however, water spray caused problems for achalasia,
051156 -            so switched to manual dental pick. ref SDS 9 GD69
051158 -             ..
051159 -            [On 970617 1000 Curt tried ultrasonic scaler for cleaning,
051160 -            but pain was difficult to tolerate, so Curt switched back
051161 -            to standard manual dentist pick. ref SDS 8 2796
051163 -  ..
051164 - Russ is thinking of getting a computer this Christmas for his daughter
051165 - who is 3 years old.  He asked if he should get a 74 Mhz or faster
051166 - computer.  I did not indicate it won't make any difference.
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SUBJECTS
Eyes

0603 -
060401 -  ..
060402 - Steve said he had some work done on his eyes by a doctor in Canada who
060403 - uses a laser to restore the smoothness of the interior eye.  He said
060404 - he has been restored to having 20 20 vision, where formerly he had to
060405 - use very strong glasses.
060407 -  ..
060408 - This is new technology that has not yet been approved for use in the
060409 - US.
060410 -
060411 -
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